This drawing of a flute player is one of the preliminary studies for an angel on the 1629 altarpiece with the Virgin and Child and Saints John the Baptist and Petronius, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. There are two other studies for the same figure in the British royal collection.
Specifications
| Title | Flute Player |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, traces of white chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 358 mm Width 237 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Domenichino
|
| Accession number | I 308 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1629 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Guercino en de Bolognese School (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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